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Chris Simon, an enforcer who spent 15 seasons in the NHL racking up 1,824 penalty minutes and 5 in Russia's KHL with hundreds more minutes in the sin bin, has died. He was 52. Simon was a Stanley Cup champion with the New York Islanders in 1996.

 

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/chris-simon-a-stanley-cup-winner-with-the-colorado-avalanche-dead-at-52-1.2092363

 

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8 hours ago, jcc said:

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/39765524/konstantin-koltsov-death-ruled-apparent-suicide-police

I know we all handle grief differently but it seems a little odd to me that she still plans to play in the Miami Open this week. 


The whole thing is not going to help her daddy issues.

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Joachim Franke died aged 83, was a German ice hockey player who competed for SG Dynamo Weißwasser. He won a bronze medal with the East German national ice hockey team at the 1966 European Championships.

https://www.bild.de/sport/wintersport/wintersport/eisschnelllauf-welt-trauert-ex-pechstein-trainer-joachim-franke-83-gestorben-87583048.bild.html

Joaquim Franke em 2011

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On 19/03/2024 at 16:22, alt obits guy said:

Chris Simon, an enforcer who spent 15 seasons in the NHL racking up 1,824 penalty minutes and 5 in Russia's KHL with hundreds more minutes in the sin bin, has died. He was 52. Simon was a Stanley Cup champion with the New York Islanders in 1996.

 

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/chris-simon-a-stanley-cup-winner-with-the-colorado-avalanche-dead-at-52-1.2092363

 

image.thumb.jpeg.3fbcd16150409a2e1578cfc304f0a37c.jpeg 

 

Appears to have been a death by suicide, with CTE a key factor: https://www.tmz.com/2024/03/20/chris-simon-nhl-family-enforcer-died-suicide-suffered-from-cte/

 

 

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On 19/03/2024 at 20:06, jcc said:

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/39765524/konstantin-koltsov-death-ruled-apparent-suicide-police

I know we all handle grief differently but it seems a little odd to me that she still plans to play in the Miami Open this week. 

They were broken up prior to his death.

Her first match back is against her best friend, Paula Badosa.

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